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A few of the bones look dark and perhaps a bit moist, as if the last remaining meat was plucked off them just a few days ago

06473-bones.jpg I look around and notice a few bones scattered nearbyThumbnailsUp the steep rock hillside above Old Dad Canyon are scattered numerous small cavesI look around and notice a few bones scattered nearbyThumbnailsUp the steep rock hillside above Old Dad Canyon are scattered numerous small cavesI look around and notice a few bones scattered nearbyThumbnailsUp the steep rock hillside above Old Dad Canyon are scattered numerous small cavesI look around and notice a few bones scattered nearbyThumbnailsUp the steep rock hillside above Old Dad Canyon are scattered numerous small cavesI look around and notice a few bones scattered nearbyThumbnailsUp the steep rock hillside above Old Dad Canyon are scattered numerous small caves

Ive only seen one skull and set of horns, so perhaps the darker bones are from a more recently deceased sheep than the lighter bones.